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1Cal. Indep. Sys. Operator Corp., 134 FERC ¶ 

61,211 at P2 (2011). 

Issued at Washington, DC on April 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9563 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register. 

DATES: May 19, 2011, 9 a.m.–2:15 p.m.; 

May 20, 2011, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Crystal City Marriott, 1999 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura McCann, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: 

(202) 586–7766; E-mail: 

laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Committee: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities 

• Presentation from EPA on 

Renewable Fuel Standards 

• Panel on Catalyst-based 

Conversation Technologies 

• Presentation on DOE and USDA 

Loan Guarantee Programs 

Public Participation: The Committee 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

at its advisory committee meetings. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda should contact Laura 

McCann at the telephone number or 

email listed above. Requests must be 

received at least five business days prior 

to the meeting and reasonable provision 

will be made to include the presentation 

on the agenda. If you would like to file 

a written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. Members of the public will be 

heard in the order in which they sign up 

at the beginning of the meeting. The 

Chair is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying at the following Web site: 

http://biomassboard.gov/committee/ 

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on April 14, 

2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9564 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER11–2256–000] 

California Independent System, 

Operator Corporation; Supplemental 

Notice of Agenda and Discussion 

Topics for Staff Technical Conference 

This notice establishes the agenda and 

topics for discussion at the technical 

conference to be held on April 28, 2011 

to discuss issues related to California 

Independent System Operator 

Corporation’s (CAISO) Capacity 

Procurement Mechanism (CPM) 

compensation methodology and 

exceptional dispatch mitigation 

provisions.1 The technical conference 

will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT) 

in the Commission Meeting Room at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC. The 

technical conference will be led by 

Commission staff. All interested parties 

are invited to attend, and registration is 

not required. 

The topics and related questions to be 

discussed during this conference are 

attached. The purpose of the technical 

conference is to provide Commission 

staff and interested parties an 

opportunity to discuss the CPM 

compensation methodology and 

exceptional dispatch mitigation in detail 

with CAISO. No formal presentations 

will be made other than an opening 

presentation by CAISO; however, 

parties will be encouraged to participate 

in the discussion along with 

Commission staff. Parties may also file 

questions or potential discussion topics 

in the docket prior to the technical 

conference. Any such filings will be for 

discussion purposes only. All parties 

are invited to file written comments 

following the technical conference. 

A free webcast of this event is 

available through http://www.ferc.gov. 

Anyone with Internet access who 

desires to view this event can do so by 

navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar 

of Events and locating this event in the 

calendar. The event will contain a link 

to its webcast. The Capitol Connection 

provides technical support for the free 

webcasts. It also offers access to this 

event via television in the DC area and 

via phone bridge for a fee. If you have 

any questions, visit http:// 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 

993–3100. Parties attending the 

conference via webcast will have the 

opportunity to submit questions during 

the conference via e-mail at 

Kathryn.ohare@ferc.gov. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information on this 

conference, please contact Katheryn 

Hoke at Katheryn.hoke@ferc.gov or (202) 

502–8404, or Colleen Farrell at 

Colleen.farrell@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6751. 

Dated: April 13, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Agenda for the CAISO CPM 

Compensation Methodology and 

Exceptional Dispatch Mitigation 

Technical Conference 

April 28, 2011 

Opening Remarks 

9 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Greeting and Opening 

Remarks 

9:15 a.m.–10 a.m. Opening 

presentation presented by CAISO 

Discussion 

Each of the following discussions will 

be led by Commission Staff, with 

questions on each topic to be raised by 

staff and interested parties in 

attendance. No party should expect to 

make any formal presentation during 

these discussions; however, parties 

should plan to participate in topics of 

specific interest. Staff’s objective is to 


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obtain new information on each of these 

topics that is not yet in the record for 

this proceeding. Please note that 

although we have allotted the entire 

morning session to discussion of the 

CPM compensation methodology, we 

will move on to discussion of 

exceptional dispatch mitigation as soon 

as the compensation discussion is 

concluded. 

10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Discussion on the 

CPM Compensation Methodology 

—Whether the proposed going-forward 

formula for CPM compensation 

continues to be appropriate. 

—Whether and how CPM compensation 

should change in response to changes 

in supply and demand so that the 

CPM continues to ensure appropriate 

compensation to non-resource 

adequacy resources that provide 

reliability services similar to those 

provided by resource adequacy 

resources. 

—Whether and how CPM compensation 

should respond to localized scarcity 

conditions; please evaluate the 

challenges and benefits of 

implementing CPM scarcity pricing. 

—Given that resource adequacy 

resources are currently procured 

through bilateral contracting, whether 

and how CPM compensation should 

replicate bilateral market results. 

—Please discuss the feasibility and 

appropriateness of using a mechanism 

such as a demand curve to allow the 

price of CPM capacity to rise during 

times of supply shortages. 

—Other than a demand-curve based 

compensation mechanism, how could 

the CPM compensation methodology 

be modified to better respond to 

changing market conditions (i.e., 

fluctuations in supply and demand 

over time); please discuss the 

challenges and benefits of any such 

approach. 

—Whether different categories of CPM 

designations, including resources 

selected on the basis of specific 

operating characteristics and 

resources designated as at risk of 

retirement, should be compensated 

differently. 

—What role the CPM should play in 

sending price signals for demand 

response. 

—How demand response will play a 

role in the CPM and/or exceptional 

dispatch consistent with Order No. 

719 (e.g. criteria for selecting demand 

response resources for CPM 

designations or exceptional dispatch 

instructions). 

12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Lunch break 

1:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Discussion on 

Exceptional Dispatch Mitigation 

—Whether and how CAISO’s efforts 

towards reducing the frequency and 

volume of exceptional dispatches 

have affected the potential for 

exceptionally dispatched resources to 

exercise market power. 

—Whether CAISO’s non-competitive 

path assessment remains a reliable 

indicator of the need for exceptional 

dispatch mitigation in light of 

protesters’ assertions that the 

competitive path assessment overclassifies paths as non-competitive. 

—Whether or how changes over the past 

two years, such as an increase in the 

number of resources available in the 

delta dispatch, have resulted in a 

reduction in the ability of any single 

resource to exercise market power in 

relation to the delta dispatch 

restrictions. 

—Whether there is data or, alternatively, 

detailed specific theoretical scenarios, 

that demonstrate with some type of 

regularity or predictability the 

potential for resources that are 

exceptionally dispatched in relation 

to non-competitive constraints or 

delta dispatch to exercise market 

power. 

3:45 p.m.–4 p.m. Closing Remarks 

[FR Doc. 2011–9516 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–159–000] 

Perryville Gas Storage LLC; Notice of 

Amendment 

Take notice that on March 30, 2011, 

Perryville Gas Storage LLC (Perryville), 

Three Riverway, Suite 1350, Houston, 

Texas 77056, filed in the above 

referenced docket an application under 

section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s 

regulations for an order amending the 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity issued in Docket No. CP09– 

418–000 to authorize Perryville to make 

certain changes to its certificated 

project, all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Perryville proposes to increase its 

working gas capacity in each cavern by 

2.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) each. 

Perryville also proposes to drill three 

freshwater supply wells, six brine 

disposal wells, and eight monitor wells. 

Perryville additionally seeks 

reaffirmation of its previously granted 

authorization to charge market-based 

rates for its storage and hub services, as 

well as the various waivers granted in 

the order issuing certificate. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to J. Gordon 

Pennington, Attorney at Law, 2707 N. 

Kensington St., Arlington, VA 22207, at 

(703) 533–7638 or by e-mail at 

Pennington5@verzion.net. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 


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